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THE
AFRICAfctEPOSITORY,
AND
COLONIAL m&m&Wffl
Vol. XIII.] SEPTEMBER, 1837. [No. 9.
PROSPECTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA.
The Literary and Theological Review for last June contains a learned and able
•article under the above title, the concluding pages of which were republished in
•our last number. On recurring to the article, we find that the facts and statements
which it exhibits are calculated to be so useful to all who take an interest in the
^destinies of Africa, that we cheerfully comply with a subscriber's request that the
Tesidue should appear in the African Repository.
i. Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: performed in the years 1795, 1796,^t5!8pv
With an account of a subsequent mission to that country in 1805. By Mungo Park,
Burgeon. To which is added an account of the life of Mr. Park. -With an Appendix containing Geographical Illustrations of Africa, by Maj. MermeU. 2 vols. 4to,
maps and plates, London, 18 lo.
2. Narratives of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years
1822, 1823, and 1824. By Major Denham, F. R. S., Captain Clapperton, and the
late Dpctor Oudney. 2 vols. 8vo., 3d ed. London: John Murrayjj 1828.
3. Trav^i.through Central Africa to TimJouctoo and across the Great Desert to Mo-
rocco, in the years 1824—1828. By Rene Caillie. 2 vols. 8vo., London: Colburn
and Benttey, 1830.
4. History of the British Colonies. By R. Montgomery Martin, F. S. S., member of
the " Asiatic,', and of the "Medical and Physical" Societies of Bengal, <§rc. &c. 5
vols. 8vo. London: James Cochrane and Co., 1835. Volume 4th, Possessions in
Africa and Austral Asia.
In examining the causes of national peculiarities and in predicting
national destinies we must undoubtedly regard climate, location and
physical resources as very efficient, ever-active agents; bearing indeed the same relation to semi-barbarous states which philosophical
and religious^systems and political doctrines do to the more-advanced
and perfected forms of social life. The inhabitants of a level, widely extended and fertile country,, where the skies forever smile, and
the earth, without the solicitations of industry, pours forth h^richest
products of fruit and flower, of utility and beauty; where there are
few natural facilities of communication with other countries, or if
possessed are closed up by oppressive power ; where every thing lulls
to repose and nothing incites to enterprise ; the inhabitants of such
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THE
AFRICAfctEPOSITORY,
AND
COLONIAL m&m&Wffl
Vol. XIII.] SEPTEMBER, 1837. [No. 9.
PROSPECTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA.
The Literary and Theological Review for last June contains a learned and able
•article under the above title, the concluding pages of which were republished in
•our last number. On recurring to the article, we find that the facts and statements
which it exhibits are calculated to be so useful to all who take an interest in the
^destinies of Africa, that we cheerfully comply with a subscriber's request that the
Tesidue should appear in the African Repository.
i. Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: performed in the years 1795, 1796,^t5!8pv
With an account of a subsequent mission to that country in 1805. By Mungo Park,
Burgeon. To which is added an account of the life of Mr. Park. -With an Appendix containing Geographical Illustrations of Africa, by Maj. MermeU. 2 vols. 4to,
maps and plates, London, 18 lo.
2. Narratives of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years
1822, 1823, and 1824. By Major Denham, F. R. S., Captain Clapperton, and the
late Dpctor Oudney. 2 vols. 8vo., 3d ed. London: John Murrayjj 1828.
3. Trav^i.through Central Africa to TimJouctoo and across the Great Desert to Mo-
rocco, in the years 1824—1828. By Rene Caillie. 2 vols. 8vo., London: Colburn
and Benttey, 1830.
4. History of the British Colonies. By R. Montgomery Martin, F. S. S., member of
the " Asiatic,', and of the "Medical and Physical" Societies of Bengal,